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Are you looking for a certain type of wine or a particular wine producer? Would you like to know who grows grapes, melons or asparagus; where you can buy fabulous locally grown olive products or who sells bio-dynamic goats cheese? Whether you are shopping for your family or your business, you can search our database by product, producer, retailer or retailer type.

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Why buy local?

Buying local food strengthens your regional economy.

• Purchasing food that was grown and harvested locally keeps your money circulating within your community
• Buying local food supports family farmers in your community, some of whom have farmed the land for generations
• Supporting local farms can help to create jobs for your region.
• A strong local economy helps insulate your region from national and global recessions.
  Buying local food provides high-quality, fresh foods
• Locally-produced food is often fresher than conventional products grown far away and shipped in trucks for several days.
• You can give local farmers feedback on the quality and freshness of their produce.
  Buying local food fosters community growth
• Family farms are part of the Australian tradition of self-sufficiency and serve as the basis of local communities.
• Buying from local producers and at local markets provides places for community members to meet, socialise, and discuss issues.
• By helping family farms financially, you sustain your family and community with delicious, healthy local foods.
  Buying local lets you connect with your food producer concerning the safety and nutrition of your foods
• Locally-grown foods can be high in nutrients, often reaching you within 24 hours of harvest, whereas produce shipped from out of state may be up to a week old and has often suffered from severe nutrient loss.
• When you buy locally, you can ask the farmers about his farming practices.
  Buying local preserves the natural environment
• By supporting local agriculture, you help to protect your region's farmland from urban sprawl and development.
• Protection of local farmland means protection of open spaces, natural ecosystems, and bio-diversity.
• Buying local food helps to reduce dependence on foreign oil needed to ship food thousands of miles, thus cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions.